The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.
Qualification Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified Host nation 17 October 1986 Lausanne 1 1990 World Championship 28 February – 10 March 1990 8 1991 Pan American Games 5–12 August 1991 Havana 1 1991 Asian Championship 22 August –1 September 1991 Hiroshima 1 1991 African Men's Handball Championship September 1991 Cairo1 Total 12
Squads
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Playoffs Bracket
Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Rankings and statistics + Final rankings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + Top goalscorers Player Games Goals 1. Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) 7 47 2. Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) 6 45 3. Valdimar Grimsson (ISL) 7 35 4. Robert Licu (ROM) 6 30 4. Erik Hajas (SWE) 6 30 4. Alberto Urdiales (ESP) 4 30 7. Mikhail Yakimovich (EUN) 7 29 8. Valeri Gopin (EUN) 7 27 8. Valentin Zaharia (ROM) 6 27 All-star teamAndrei Lavrov (EUN) Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) Denis Lathoud (FRA) Per Carlén (SWE) Pierre Thorsson (SWE) Valeri Gopine (EUN)
References
External links Handball & Olympic Games 1936-2000, International Handball Federation, pp. 30–32 Barcelona 1992: Handball at marcolympics.org